Description

1911 Zeenut PCL Buck Weaver PSA NM-MT 8.IMAGE
CLARIFICATION:There is what looks like an imperfection
near his eyes. This is just in the image and is no longer present.
This does not affect the card.

The one-year-only association of George Daniel "Buck" Weaver with
the PCL's San Francisco Seals is commemorated by this West
Coast-issued rarity. In an alluring sepia photo, the collectible
presents a full-length pose of a future Major League star, who
would soon make a name for himself with the Chicago White Sox. In
this priceless illustration, Weaver's cocky, self-assured posture
and insouciant expression are those of a person who would somehow,
someday -- innocently or not -- become involved in scandal. Sure
enough, Buck's on-field success in later years has been unfairly
overshadowed by implications of an untoward role in the "Black Sox"
controversy of 1919. The passage of years, however, has allowed
Weaver to enjoy wide-scale exoneration by both history and the
collecting hobby such that, today, his legend remains deservedly
strong among baseball cognoscenti.

Graded PSA NM-MT 8. This unique debut piece picturing Buck
Weaver claims exclusive "1 of 1" distinction, standing alone at the
apex of its eight-card PSA census. Premium-sized dimensions --
which constitute such a liability in lesser examples from the
Zeenut productions -- have exacted no penalties on this outstanding
paper antique's quality of preservation: the card concedes mere
hints of corner wear, its image is luscious and clear, and its
blank back is pristine. This is a special relic, one that -- in
view of its PCL origin, its subject's role in the growth of a
National Pastime, and the evocative nature of its background, in
general -- soars above the finite realm of "sports cards." It's a
piece of Americana, as well as one of those seldom-encountered
period souvenirs wherein condition is commensurate with importance.